Tie and collar holder



Nov. 27, 1956 s, M, WADE 2,771,611

TIE AND COLLAR HOLDER Filed 001;. 25, 1954 INVENTOR. S fan/e y M Wade BY A TTORNE Y5 United States Patent 2,771,611 TIE AND COLLAR HOLDER Stanley M. Wade, Santa Rosa, Calif. Application October 25, 1954, Serial No. 464,240

1 Claim. 01. 2 1s2 My invention relates to improvements in a tie and collar holder, and it consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed' An object of my invention is to provide a tie and collar holder that has a pin for entering the back of a tie knot, and spring arms that are arranged to engage with the sides or corners of the collar to yieldingly hold these corners in proper position with respect to the tie.

The device is made of two pieces of flexible wire. The spring arms aid in supporting the knot-engaging pin while the pin in turn aid in supporting the spring arms.

The device is extremely simple in construction and is entirely invisible when placed in position. The top pin holds the tie knot against slipping and this will prevent the portion of the tie that extends around the neck from lengthening. The result is that the tie knot will remain in the proper position in the collar. The pin, not only prevents the tie knot from slipping, but acts as a support for the spring arms. The arms are placed under a slight tension just before they engage with the collar and this tension will keep the points of the arms embedded in the collar and will create enough yielding force to hold the collar in place.

The spring arms are provided with a coil adjacent to their pointed ends and these coils limit the depth at which the pointed ends enter the collar. The coils also provide portions that may be gripped by the fingers when applying the device to the tie and collar and prevent the fingers from being pricked by the pointed ends.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device showing it applied to a tie and collar;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view.'

In carrying out my invention, I show the device as comprising an upper central pin 1 that extends substantially at an obtuse angle to a shank 2, see Figure 2. Spring arms 3 and 4 of the shape shown, are secured together by twisting the two wires around each other to form the shank 2. I do not wish to be confined to the particular manner of connecting the arms to the shank nor to any particular type of material.

Each arm is identical in construction and it will be noted from Figures 1 and 4 that the spring arms have upwardly extending portions 6 and 7 and substantially horizontal portions 8 and 9. Figures 2, 3 and 4 show the portions 8 and 9 extending rewardly at a slight angle from the upwardly extending portions 6 and 7. The arms are extended rearwardly in this manner in order that they may more readily follow the curvature of the collar.

2,771,61 l Patented Nov. 27, 1956 "ice tending portions 10 and 11 respectively, and these in turn carry coiled portions 12 and 13. The coil may take any shape desired and its purpose is to act as a stop to prevent the pointed end of each spring arm from entering too far into the collar corner. This will stop the points 14 and 15 of the coils 12 and 13 from entirely passing through the thickness of the cloth forming the collar and showing on the front surface thereof. The coiled portions 12 and 13 carry the pointed ends 14 and 15 at a position where they will enter the collar adjacent to the corners 16 and 17 thereof. The coils also permit the device to be more readily handled and will tend to prevent the points 14 and 15 from pricking the fingers while the device is being placed in position.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood.

In Figure 1, I show the device applied to a tie knot 18 and a collar indicated generally at 19. After the tie is tied and pulled snugly into place, the thumb is placed on the shank 2, adjacent to the back of the upper point 1, and then the point is moved into a position in back of the tie knot 18 and the point is inserted into the tie knot from the rear by moving the thumb forwardly with the point 1 facing toward the front of the tie. The point 1 is in this way, forced entirely into the upper part of the knot and the upwardly extending portions 6 and 7 of the arms will be hidden by the tie knot as well as the shank 2.

The spring arms 3 and 4 will now be in a position to engage with the corners 16 and 17 of the collar. The point 14 of the spring arm 3 may now be lightly pressed in the collar corner 16 after the free end of the arm has been swung outwardly a slight distance to place the arm under spring tension. The spring arm will be under the proper spring tension when the point 14 is disposed adjacent to the collar corner 16. To insert the point 14 in the underside of the corner 16, the thumb that formerly pressed the point 1 into the tie knot 18 is now moved to press against the coil 12 in a manner to move the point 14 into the collar. The other point 15 may now be forced into the collar corner 17. The spring tension of the arms 3 and 4 will hold the points embedded in the collar and will hold the corners 16 and 17 of the collar 19 in proper position. Both spring arms 3 and 4 will be placed under a slight tension just prior to embedding the points 14 and 15 in the collar corners and the portions 10 and 11 will be concealed in back of the front edges 20 and 21 of the collar.

The device when placed in position, is entirely invisible and yet it holds the tie securely in place and prevents it from slipping. The center point 1 acts as a support for the other two points 14 and 15, and these latter points hold the collar corners 16 and 17 in proper position. Since the point 1 prevents the knot from slipping, it follows that the tie will be held in perfect position.

While I have shown only the preferred form of my invention, it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

An invisible tie and collar holder comprising: an up wardly inclined elongated point designed to enter a tie knot from the rear to a substantial depth and to support the holder from the knot; a shank extending downwardly at an obtuse angle from the lower end of the point so as to lie behind the knot when the holder is attached thereto; two spring arms extending laterally from the shank; said spring arms having only their inner ends connected to the bottom of the shank; each arm having an upwardly extending portion leading from the shank bottom and adapted to be hidden by the knot, and a horizontal portion extending from the top of each of the upwardly extending portionsand adapted to lie under a collarawhereby the upwardly extending armlrportionswill forma- U-shaped springsaddle-with the shankprojecting upward ly from themiddleof the saddle and extending forwardly ofla planev that. lies in the upwardly extending arm-portionsgtthe obtuseangle between the shank and the point, causing thepoint to-extend upwardlyv at a slight angle and almost perpendicular to the SaidpIane, and to resilientlysupport the tie' knot; said' arms havingadown- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 979,533 Meyer Dec. 27, 1910 1,555,218 Kennedy' Sept. 29, 1925 2,289,971 Killen July 14, 1942 2,462,311 Erdmann Feb. 22, 1948 

